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Finding & Buying 15 Timber 100 Heaving Bark 20 Hauling 100 Loading 10 Lost time, Fair (sic.) on Car, &c. 15 Total 26032 There were few vessels built after the Baileys moved, and the Hayes yard closed down. Some vessels were built in the vicinity of Fairport, on the beach, and simply launched into the lake. The Baileys built the schooner Coquette for the United States Government in 1858 at Perry, Ohio. The schooner M. P. Barkalow was built at the same place by O. Harper in 1871. The schooner Asa Childs was built at the Mentor headlands in 1866 and launched in the same manner. But by 1870, most shipbuilding at Fairport had ceased. Cuyahoga County Cleveland From Fairport to Cleveland there were few large streams entering Lake Erie. The Chagrin River was large, but the mouth was surrounded by much marshy land not suitable for shipbuilding. At the mouth of Euclid Creek there was one shipyard - that of William Treat who also operated a sawmill. This yard was in operation from about 1847 to 1863, turning out at least a dozen vessels during that time. The schooner General Taylor, built in 1847, was one of the most famous ships built by Captain Treat: …The figure head will represent the old hero, and on the stern will be a painting descriptive of the battle of Buena Vista. She will be about 250 tons burthen, and will have painted port holes similar to the brig Preble.33 …The Taylor is ornamented with a figure head of "Old Zack," too good looking, however, for the Hero, if other likenesses are correct, besides a row of painted ports, bristling with mock artillery.34 Cleveland was blessed with a large navigable river, the Cuyahoga. The mouth needed much improvement to remove the ever-present sandbar, but through lobbying, legislation, government appropriation, and much hard work, this was accomplished. The east side of the river, the Cleveland side, had some flat area where ships could be constructed, but was handicapped by a high hill for some distance upstream. Consequently most of the shipbuilding was done on the west side, which was then a separate 29